The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman.

Chapter 643 The Gift of Nature

I don't know if it was the blood of Atlantis that made Arthur extra strong, or whether he was born with Confucian strength. In short, it was impossible for him to survive in the primeval forest. Chopping wood and moving wood was just the beginning.

What Arthur has to do is very simple, is to put the chopped wood on the ground horizontally, and then put the entire refrigerator on the cylindrical wood as a chassis, and then put other materials on it.

When pushing the refrigerator, the wood becomes the wheels, which saves effort and moves faster.

Although, for Hal and Schiller, it may be much faster to carry it directly, but since it has been agreed not to cheat, it is better to use a method that ordinary people can use.

This is a square refrigerator with double doors. It should be customized to adapt to the special space in the aircraft cabin. After the power is cut off, it has no refrigeration function, but at least it can be used as a storage box, and the insulation layer of the refrigerator can also be used. Allow the food to melt slowly until you return to the cooler cave.

Due to the weight of the rolling log itself, some herbaceous plants will be directly squashed and will not hinder the way forward, and when the refrigerator rolls to the front log, it is necessary to move the back wood to the front Go, this time basically three people take turns.

Hal and Schiller's special abilities make them basically not tired, but it is surprising that Arthur can keep up and will not fall behind at all.

There is a short distance from here to the cave they stayed in before, but until the end, Arthur didn't look tired, and when he was carrying the refrigerator into the cave, he could still have time to chat, he said: "Say Really, it reminds me of when I went out to sea with the fleet."

"You may not know how tiring ocean fishing is. When I was 17 years old, I went out to sea to catch tuna with my uncle, and I didn't sleep for four days..."

Schiller lifted the front half of the refrigerator and asked back, "Are you in charge of staring at the fish finder?"

"No, of course not, how can I do that kind of work, I'm just an ordinary sailor, in charge of fishing." Arthur shook his head and said, "At that time, we didn't encounter tuna, but it didn't matter, originally tuna was Rare fish, bluefin and yellowfin tuna are hard to come by."

"But at that time, we happened to come across a school of bonito, which is also very popular, and because they are in groups, the catch is very large. In those days, we just dropped the net, closed the net, dropped the net, Close the net, eat a hamburger when you’re hungry, drink some energy drink when you’re not physically strong, or go for a cigarette…”

"However, hard work pays off. At that time, there was a shortage of dried bonito, and the catch was sold for a lot of money, which also made my uncle's business better. When he got older, he stopped doing it. The deep-sea fishing business has ended, and instead, it has begun to be a dealer of various types of fishing boats.”

"He's the best captain." Arthur said proudly, but soon, he sighed with some regret and said, "Actually, my father was also a legendary captain when he was young, and even echoed throughout the East Coast. With Captain Curry's name..."

"At that time, he brought back a blue marlin that broke the fishing record on the east coast. It is difficult for me to describe how big the fish was, but everyone was stunned. He was the lucky captain who was all the rage at the time. "

"But for some reason, he didn't go out to sea later, stayed in Bludhaven, and became a lighthouse keeper. Many crew members felt sorry for him. My uncle also persuaded him, but no matter what, he I don’t even want to go to sea again.”

Arthur looked forward, and in the gap between the dense rainforest, he could still see the blue water. He said: "There is a legend of an old sailor who once followed him. He encountered a siren at sea and experienced a series of dangerous adventures. , and finally returned to shore."

"They said that he angered the Kraken and was cursed by the Kraken. From then on, he could never touch the sea again. I don't know if this is true, but I know that he often looks at the sea with a desire in his eyes... …”

A few people put the refrigerator on the floor and took a rest on the spot. During the rest, Hal asked curiously: "I don't mean to offend, but your mother..."

"My father said that she died in a shipwreck, but it should have been when I was very young, and I don't remember her at all." Arthur shook his head and seemed reluctant to talk about it, and Schiller, who knew the truth, did not I didn't intend to remind him that this was his personal business after all.

Of course, although I don’t know how the attitude of Atlantis in this universe towards humans is, one thing I have to admit is that as long as Gotham is still a coastal city, then Atlantis will not be able to make much waves.

Although it is difficult for ordinary industrial pollution to threaten the deep-sea Atlantis, industrial pollution in Gotham can definitely be. Let’s say that if there is a fish, unfortunately, it bites the clown first and returns to the ocean. , then it won't be long before Atlantis becomes a gift from nature.

When the three brought the refrigerator and other supplies back to the cave, Oliver's eyes widened in surprise, and he said, "...What about the passengers?"

Arthur put the refrigerator on the ground and said, "It wasn't a passenger plane that crashed, it was my vehicle to California. The pilot, Hal, wanted to drive this plane to find me, but unfortunately it crashed."

"Don't worry about that, let's look at the gifts of nature." Schiller walked to the refrigerator and opened the door, he found that most of the frozen layer had melted, but the cold layer was preserved. It's not bad.

Most of the food in the frozen layer is meat and seafood. In this temperature environment, this kind of food cannot be kept for too long. Schiller knows this, so he simply turned out all the meat that began to melt. Be prepared to deal with it all at once.

Many people know that if you want to prolong the preservation time of meat, you must use a seasoning, that is, salt, but the salt obtained in the aircraft food storage room is only a small can, which is packed in the very common western food seasoning bottle. It's okay to sprinkle a little seasoning when roasting meat, but if you want to treat meat with salt, this amount is definitely not enough.

Fortunately, this island has both seawater and fresh water, which means that the most basic conditions for making salt are met. As long as they use the method of making salt from seawater, they can get table salt to process meat.

At present, these meats can be kept in relatively low temperature caves for a short period of time, and during this time, it should be enough to spend some salt to process them.

Schiller had the theory of seawater drying in his mind, but he never put it into practice. When he proposed this, several people looked at each other in dismay. After all, after modern society, salt has become a seasoning that can be seen everywhere. It is expected that even Arthur and Oliver, who live in the seaside city, have not personally used seawater to make salt.

Schiller intends to make a meal with these fairly fresh foods, and then divide their work and start a real desert island survival trip.

Among the four people, only Schiller and Hal can cook. The food made by Arthur and Oliver can only be said to be edible, and has no taste at all. Therefore, Schiller and Hal each took part in the cooking. Dish duty.

The conditions in the cave are very limited, there is definitely no stove, there is only a stone pot and the stone slabs that were made before, and there is not even a grill or a rack to support the stone pot.

Arthur saw the wood he had brought back with a saw, cut it into sticks, and built a simple stand above the flames, so that the stone pot could be hung from the stand and used for cooking.

After that, Arthur began to try to burn charcoal, but probably because of the special properties of palm wood, charcoal was difficult to keep burning and hot, so he had to build the same rack to support the slate.

Although the stream outside can also be used, but because it has not been left to stand, there will be some impurities, and several people are a little hungry, and do not want to wait for the stream to settle. Hal climbed the coconut tree and picked a few coconuts. as a source of water for cooking.

This coconut tree is not a coconut tree specially used for food, so the leaves are small and the coconut water has no taste, but it is enough for cooking.

Schiller first used the metal saw to make a gap in the coconut, then poured the coconut milk into the pot, picked out some dried mushrooms from the vegetables in the refrigerator, and heated the coconut milk to a temperature of about [-] or [-] degrees. , toss the mushrooms in, then find a slate to cover the pot.

After cooking for about 1 minute, when the water starts to boil, take the pot away, pour out the water, throw in the chicken pieces cut with stones, crack open a few coconuts, pour in the coconut milk and blanch the water again, After pouring off the water, add coconut milk to submerge the ingredients, and start to simmer.

The rest of the meat was handed over to Hal, but instead of frying the meat directly on a slate, he took out the melted oysters and shrimp from the refrigerator.

Peel the meat of the oysters and the shrimp, and after frying the juice, chop the two ingredients, add the peeled tomatoes, chop and fry them together.

Then, take out the previous shrimp head, put it on a high-temperature stone plate to stir the shrimp oil, mix the shrimp oil with the sauce prepared before, and it becomes an orange-red hoisin sauce.

"In Seaside City, this is the hoisin sauce that every restaurant uses to season, but generally we use smaller clams and shrimp that can't be sold. Although they are not as big as these ingredients, they taste better. Delicious."

Arthur and Oliver were already going crazy with what they had made. Not to mention that the stewed chicken with mushrooms was originally a golden combination. The meaty taste and aroma could permeate the entire cave through the lid of the slate.

And Hal's hoisin sauce is more fragrant, because the slate itself is not covered, and the smell of the food being cooked will make everyone who is extremely hungry move their forefingers.

"I can't wait, hurry up, I'm going to eat now, my stomach is already hungry and protesting..." Arthur squatted on the edge of the slate, waiting for the first time the pot came out.

Although Oliver didn't speak, it was only because of his noble son's last restraint. He didn't want to act like a person who had never seen the world, but he had been hungry for so many days. Obviously, he wanted to eat as soon as possible. of.

However, neither Schiller nor Hal had tried to cook in this environment, and the poor conditions aroused their enthusiasm for creation.

Schiller took out a few slices of bread and put them on the lid of the stone pot, because the open fire lit by the branches was very strong, and the flame engulfed the whole stone pot, causing the slate above it to be very hot, and Schiller put the bread slices. After baking a little hard, start to break up the bread slices.

After the bread slices are very broken, add a small amount of coconut milk and mix it into a paste, then spread it into a cake shape, fry it into a pancake, fry the beef until it is about medium rare, chop the onion and pepper, and spread it until Once the beef is on, roll it into pancakes along with the cheese.

Because the pancakes are relatively small, they look more like dumplings than tacos, but because of the dough made of bread, there is no way to pinch them, and they look more like folded miniature pizzas.

Seeing this scene, Hal knew that he had to show his hands. He brought a piece of pork tenderloin and a piece of pork belly. First, fry the pork belly to make oil, then cut the pork tenderloin into minced meat and fry it in oil. Mixed with the previous hoisin sauce.

Take a larger coconut, knock it open, cut off the top half, keep the coconut juice inside, pick up the dry spaghetti, put it in, and put it on the fire under the slate to heat it up.

The pasta softened very quickly. Before the coconut shells were burned, the noodles were almost cooked. Stir fry the cooked pasta and hoisin sauce, and then take the four coconut shells that were used before. When the fire is slightly hot, put a small pat of butter on the bottom, divide the pasta into four portions, sprinkle with grated cheese, and the hoisin bolognese cheesy coconut pasta is ready.

Seeing this scene, Schiller knew that he had to show his true skills. When he started rolling up his sleeves, Arthur, who was already starving and dizzy, rushed up to stop him and said, "Professor, it's okay, this is not Michelin. At the game, let's start eating..."

Schiller glanced smugly at Hal and said, "No, you have to respect my food, get out of the way, I remember there was a whole duck in the fridge, it should have melted by now, I'll go Make a tandoor and show you what a real roast duck is..."

Oliver, who was lying on the ground, almost didn't get up, and Arthur also lay on the ground. Apart from helplessness, he was really hungry and had no strength.

Half an hour later, Bruce, who found the cave along the smoke, stood at the entrance of the cave, looking at the two people who were about to faint from hunger and the table of delicious food with confusion.

(End of this chapter)